Armenian composer, arranger, pianist, songwriter, and music producer working across jazz, folk, pop, and contemporary electronic genres. A graduate of the Yerevan State Conservatory and the Basel Academy of Music, he is known for blending Armenian folk traditions with jazz, dream pop, lo-fi, funk, and psychedelic soul.

Shhau is an artist working across music production, sound design, and education, active in Yerevan’s contemporary music scene since 2012. His practice merges experimental electronic music, philosophy, and narrative-driven composition, while maintaining strong ties to the jazz community through ongoing collaborations. Over the past decade, he has produced and co-produced three full-length albums and worked with prominent rock and hip-hop artists as a producer, drum programmer, and mixing engineer. Alongside his artistic work, he teaches music production and sound design, and is a co-founder of Mansard, a multidisciplinary creative studio uniting music, visual art, and photography.

A Yerevan-based sound artist and experimental musician working between underground culture and electro-acoustic research. Active in punk bands since 2002 and producing experimental music since 2010, his practice centers on field recordings and electromagnetic sounds captured with self-built devices. Focused on timbral transformation rather than structural change, he preserves the raw authenticity of street and acoustic environments. His work often draws on psychological themes, translating complex mental states into immersive sonic forms.

Multimedia artist working across generative sound, light, projection, and DIY electronics. Through immersive installations and live performances, she combines field recordings, multichannel sound, sculptural objects, and micromapping to create meditative environments where technology becomes a tool for reflection and exploring the relationship between humanity and nature.

Misak Samokatian is an artist, musician, and art director. He has been involved in the field of interactive, kinetic, and audio-visual installations since 2011. As an artist, he works with light, sound, video, space, and time.

Master of Theater Art, former stage director, and actor turned XR builder. Active since 2012, his foundation in classical theater and orchestral art management now drives his work in real-time visual programming and interactive media. He is the founder of di.ii XR studio_network, an open-source lab built to erase the borders between physical and virtual environments. He treats raw architecture as his primary medium. Using code, depth sensors, and light, he moves beyond flat screens to build live, audio-reactive spatial environments and immersive audiovisual systems.

A performance artist working at the intersection of visual and performing arts. Her practice approaches costume as a conceptual medium — somewhere between body, object, and image. Her works have been presented at Les Jardins d'Étretat (FR), Acker Stadt Palast (Berlin), Museum K1 (Düsseldorf), and Produktionshaus NAXOS (Frankfurt). She has also collaborated with brands such as Loewe, Cartier, Breitling, and Low Classic. Currently based in Germany.

Aram is a composer of contemporary music active on both local and international stages, collaborating with leading festivals, ensembles, and soloists. Since 2017, he has directed the Crossroads Festival and founded Ensemble Assonance in Yerevan, contributing to the development of Armenia’s contemporary music scene. Since 2018, he has been affiliated with the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory, where he serves as Vice-Rector for Academic and International Affairs and teaches composition.

Also known as URMIA, is an Armenian composer and sound artist focused on electro-acoustic composition and contemporary music. He is the co-founder of Ensemble Assonance, as well as Armenian National Music and Amara Publishing. His work explores the relationship between sound, texture, and movement, blending acoustic and electronic environments. In 2025, his ballet Ikona was staged at the Bolshoi Theatre and other major theatres in Russia.

Flugelhorn player, Director of Artsakh State Jazz Orchestra, arranger and composer. Studied at the Komitas State Conservatory and has performed with groups such as the Armenian State Jazz Orchestra, Armenian Navy Band, and KATUNER. He is the founder of the Dialog Music Project and currently leads the Artsakh State Jazz Orchestra, actively promoting jazz through performances, collaborations, and festivals both in Armenia and internationally.

Mesrop is a versatile pianist, producer, and educator with 25 years of experience across classical, jazz, and electronic music. He has collaborated with artists like Tigran Hamasyan, Koda, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Gary Novak, Tim Lefebvre, and many others. With two full-length albums, an EP, and numerous singles, Mesrop blends tradition with innovation in his dynamic musical approach.

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Musician, musicologist, and educator based in Tbilisi whose work combines Caucasian folk traditions with modular synthesis, drone, dark ambient, and experimental sound practices. Through his solo project Bneleti, he explores the intersection of folk music and contemporary electronic forms. He is the co-founder of Mountains of Tongues, teaches synthesis at Creative Education Studio, and has worked as a sound designer for Arturia, Sample Logic, and UVI. Ben is also a resident of Mutant Radio, where he hosts interviews, workshops, and concert programs.

Artist and curator across bio art, performance, and sound. He has led interdisciplinary laboratories and curated exhibitions in Europe, Mexico, and Armenia.

Over the past 20 years, Dima has been active across multiple areas of the music field, including live performance with his own band, DJing, organizing parties and music festivals, music education and mentoring, as well as producing original tracks and remixes. Today, his practice centers around two main directions: performing live electroacoustic music for piano and synthesizers, and creating interactive, immersive musical experiences for audiences. He also serves as Music Dean of the online education platform Journey, contributing to the development of new approaches in contemporary music learning.